HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080444090
Bassin de la Moselle
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 1 administrative regions : Moselle
Sub-basin area
112,6km²
Upstream area
112,6km²
Discharge
1,14m³/s
Mean elev.
245m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
29 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Hombourg-Budange14.93 km²96% commune
- Saint-Hubert14.26 km²88% commune
- Vigy10.04 km²59% commune
- Kœnigsmacker9.01 km²50% commune
- Veckring6.75 km²98% commune
- Bettelainville6.40 km²47% commune
- Buding6.28 km²100% commune
- Inglange5.76 km²100% commune
- Aboncourt5.74 km²100% commune
- Budling4.99 km²93% commune
- Kédange-sur-Canner3.96 km²100% commune
- Klang3.93 km²100% commune
- Elzange3.79 km²99% commune
- Vry2.96 km²19% commune
- Luttange2.94 km²22% commune
- Oudrenne2.54 km²12% commune
- Metzervisse2.35 km²25% commune
- Metzeresche2.17 km²24% commune
- Kemplich1.76 km²28% commune
- Ébersviller1.75 km²13% commune
- Distroff0.33 km²4% commune
- Valmestroff0.17 km²4% commune
- Sainte-Barbe0.08 km²1% commune
- Cattenom0.06 km²0% commune
- Monneren0.02 km²0% commune
- Sanry-lès-Vigy0.01 km²0% commune
- Basse-Ham0.00 km²0% commune
- Dalstein0.00 km²0% commune
- Piblange0.00 km²0% commune
4 intersecting protected areas
Carrières souterraines et pelouses de Klang - gîtes à chiroptères
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
0.59 km² overlap
ancienne carriere de helling
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.18 km² overlap
anciennes carrieres
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.16 km² overlap
marais de hombourg-budange
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
0.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 139 distinct species · 69 419 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de la Moselle : 30 espèces reliées par 86 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 10.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
9,5°C
Annual rain
775mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,02
Runoff
320mm/an
PET
791mm
AET
585mm
Mean slope
5,6°
Water table
298cm
Forest
50%
Crops
22%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)